Brick.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

' s. VEYON.

BRICK.

APPLIOATION FILED mum. 190a.

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SAMUEL VEYON, or EAST PALESTINE, oino.

BRICK- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, woe.

Application filed July 10. 1906. Serial No. 325,464.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL VEYON, a citizenof the United States ofAmerica, residing at East Palestine, in the county of Columbiana andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBricks, of

which the following is a specification, refer- 'ence being had thereinto the preferably employ a refuse material'from' potteriesknown asbisque, admixed with Portland cement to form the body of the brick, toone edge of which a faci of opaque glass is secured by inechanica'securmg means, as well as by a suitable adhesive material.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafterin connection 7 body with the accompanying drawings, which form a' partof this specification, and its novel features will be particularly setforth in the appended claims.

-In t e drawings, Fi ure 1 is a view in peripective of a bi-ick emodyin'g the invention.

ig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3is .a perspective viewof a modified embodiment of the invention. tudinal section of the brickshown in Fi 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified firm of thefastener for securing the facing to the of the brick, and Fig. 6 is atransverse sectional view of a further modification.

The body 1 of'thebrick is molded from a refuse material of potteriesknown as bis ue, combined with Portland cement, and t e facing 2,preferably of opaque glass, is applied to the outer face -of the brickand secured thereto by an adhesive material, 'preferabl by a cementconsisting of arabic a mixed with ball-clay, and also by metallicfasteners bent to provide edge lates 3 and inclined anchoring-plates 4,the atter -being 45 is formed with a Fig. 4 is a longi-.

firmly embedded in the body of the .brick during the process of molding,while the edge plates overlap the edges of the glassfacing 2 and a smallportion of the brick body adjacent to the edges, of the glass facing andlie flush with the surfaces of the brick. The metallic fasteners may beapplied along either the longitudinal or the vertical edges of thebrick-and facing, and I have shown in the drawings both of theseapplications of the invention.

In Figs. 1 and 2 thefastening-plates extend along the longitudinal edgesof the vitreous facing, the inclined anchoring-plates 4 being embeddedin the body of'the brick in such relation to the facing as to cause theparallel.

rojecting plates 3 to overlap the opposite ongitudina edges of thefacing, the outer edges 5 of the plates 3 being nearly flush with theouter surface of'the facing, thus securing and protecting the glassfacing throughout itslength.

In'Figs. 3 and 4 the metallic fasteners are applied to the ends of thebrick, thus securthe vitreous facing at its ends.

in v in Fig. 5a. modification of the fastener is shown in which theinclined anchoring-plate lurality of o 'enings 6, through which the pastic materia composing the bod of the brick passes to more firmly emberthe fastener therein. In this modified form of the fastener the .edgeplate 3 is creased longitudinally, as at- 7, giving the outer edge 8 ofthe plate a slight inwar inclination. In the modification shown in Fig.6 I employ a holder comprising a strip 9 of either this sheet metal orchemicallyre ared paper cemented to the body of t e rick and overlappingthe facing, as shown. This conistruction differs from that shown in theother figures by omitting the anchoring-plate 4.

An im ortant feature of the present invention ist e employment'of acomposition of the refuse material known in the potters art as bis ueand Portland cement, for the reason t at the bisque has had burned outof t it all chemical elements which would render the materialsusceptible to expansion and ICC contraction by. changes in tem erature,and

the surface of the brick to whic the facing is applied being of avitreous character cracking or 'defacement of the opa ue facing through'ex ansion and contraction of the bod of the rick is reduced to theminimum. I T e utility of the supplemental fasteners ters Patent, is-

is obvious, they aflordin substantial mechanical securing means or thefacings, at the same time permitt' sion and contraction as as not been eiminated by the character of the material emplziyed.

would have it understood that the invention includes all suchmodifications and'variations in structure as may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the terms and scope of the invention:

What I claim, and desire to s'ecureby Let- 1. A brick having a terial,in combination with metallic fasteners, embedded in the bodyof the brickand having projecting plates overlapping the opposite edges of thefacing.

2. A brickhaving a body portion consisting of a composition of bisqueand cement and a facing of o a ue glass applied to the outer face of the033 of the brick, and secured thereto by adhesive material, incombination with supplemental metallic fasteners, each comprising ananchoring-plate-embedded in the body portion of the brick, and an edgeplate overlapping the adjacent edge of the facin a 3. A brici comprisinga body'portion, and

a facing of opaque glass, or like vitreous material, in combination withmetallic fasteners each bent to provide an inclined anchorsuch slight exanfacing of vitreous ma-' inglate embedded in'the body portion of therick, and parallel edge plates overlapping the op osite edges of thefacing.

4. A brick comprising a body portion, and a facing of opaque glass orlike vitreous material cemented to the outer surface of the brick incombination with oppositely-disposed metallic fasteners each consistingof an inclined anchoringplate embedded in the body of the brick, and aprojectin edge plate, to overlap the adjacent edgeof t e fac- 5. Anornamental brick comprisinga body portion consisting of a composition ofcement and a refuse ottery material known as fbisquef and a acing ofopaque lass cemented upon. the outer face of the" rick, in combinationwith o ositely-disposed metallic fasteners embediiiad in the body of thebrick and having projecting edge plates overlap ing 0' posits ed es ofthe facing.

6. A rick aving a body portion, and a facing of, opaque vitreousmaterial, secured thereto by adhesive material, and fasteningstripssecured to the body of thebrick and overlappingthe opposite ed es ofthe'facing.

\ In testimony w ereof' I a my signature in the presence-of twoWitnesses;

' A SAMUEL VEYON.

Witnesses:

EVERETT L. LYON, CLARA L. Moaaow.

